Arbor Crew Lead

Company: Monarch Landscaping Company
Location: Everett
Posted on: November 24, 2022

Job Description:

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Arbor Crew Lead

Location: Woodinville, WA

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Job Summary

Responsible for the direction of crew activities on job site, according to pre-established schedules, standards and procedures to provide a high quality of service, as direct by Arbor Foreman and Arbor Branch Manager. - -

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Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

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• Understand and implement job specifications for each site
  
• Assign daily tasks to crew members and ensure compliance
  
• Conduct daily job site safety briefing and tailgate meeting with crew
  
• Safely climb trees using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to access work area
  
• Complete daily paperwork timely and accurately
  
• Report equipment in need of repair to shop mechanic
  
• Supervise safe loading and unloading of equipment
  
• Assist Arbor Foreman with initial and on-going training of crews
  
• Discuss job site observations with Arbor Foreman
  
• Trim and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or remove low hanging branches
  
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support
  
• Cut away dead and excess branches from trees using climbing equipment or buckets of extended truck books, and/or chainsaws, hooks, handsaws, shears, and clippers
  
• Lower branches with ropes or block and tackle
  
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving
  
• Safe operation of shredding and chipping equipment, including the feeding of brush and limbs into machines
  
• Safe operation of arbor vehicles and equipment, including but not limited to: boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, sprayers, power saws, chainsaws, pole pruners, backpack blowers, and hand tools
  
• Inspect trees to determine if they have disease or pest problems
  
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment
  
• Shows up to work each day on time; completes all tasks within time expectations; adheres to company dress code policy; wears clean clothes to work each day; follows inclement weather policy and sick leave reporting procedures
  
  
  Supervisory Duties:
  
  
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  • This position supervises an Arbor Crew of 2-5 employees
    
    
    Qualifications:
    
    
    Education
    
    
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    • At least 2 years of professional tree work experience
      
      
      Language Skills
      
      
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      • Ability to communicate effectively with crew members and Arbor Foreman
        
      • Ability to verbally understand and communicate in English is strongly preferred
        
      • Bi-lingual English/Spanish preferred but not required
        
        
        
        Certificates, Licenses and Registrations
        
        
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        • Valid driver license issued by the state where employed is strongly preferred
          
        • Valid ISA Certified Tree Worker Certification, or ability to obtain within 6 months
          
          
          Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
          
          
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          • Basic tree care principals, pruning techniques, tree ID and disease ID
            
          • Tree climbing (above 15 feet), cabling, and safety procedures
            
          • Aerial rescue; safe work practices; proper PPE; hazard recognition; Dig Alert procedures and tree removal techniques; basic knots and rope operation for rigging; emergency tree rescue procedures
            
          • Excellent internal and external customer service skills, ensuring clients' needs are met in an accurate, complete, and timely fashion by demonstrating courtesy, efficiency, and professionalism
            
            
            Physical Demands:
            
            
            
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            • Frequently climbs trees above 15 feet, and performs work on branches or truck platforms
              
            • Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance on surfaces that may be narrow and/or slippery
              
            • Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
              
            • Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand and walk
              
            • Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, peripherally, have depth perception and have the ability to adjust focus
              
              
              
              Monarch Landscaping WA, LLC is an E-Verify participating employer. -
              
              Monarch Landscaping WA, is an On Demand Daily Pay employer. -
              
              
              

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